# How would the future in Back to the Future 2 have been if it was more "historically accurate"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-future-in-back-to-the-future-2-have-been-if-it-was-more-historically-accurate/583912 "2011-06-01T01:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-future-in-back-to-the-future-2-have-been-if-it-was-more-historically-accurate/583912/21 "2011-06-02T11:00:51Z")
We still have lawyers. Doc Brown would have gone to a regular plastic surgeon instead of a Rejuvenation clinic. No one wears two ties at once. Before going into Cafe 80’s Doc would have handed Marty a $5 instead of a $50 for a soda. Marty McFly will look [different](http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS4vpAOOkJhK7N_KTd2U_3TsWP2fEmLcF1XJWalBGZlD7NRDs5d&t=1) in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-future-in-back-to-the-future-2-have-been-if-it-was-more-historically-accurate/583912/22 "2011-06-02T14:31:45Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Marty McFly will look [different](http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS4vpAOOkJhK7N_KTd2U_3TsWP2fEmLcF1XJWalBGZlD7NRDs5d&t=1) in the future. Marty had a hard life and didn’t take care of himself, whereas Michael is wealthy, enjoys his life, and has had the very best of medical care. So there 😛 Fashion: In the 80’s it looked like fashion in the future was just going to get crazier and crazier. Luckily we had the Grunge of the 90’s to bring us back into reality. Most kids just wear jeans and t-shirts now, not weird stuff. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-future-in-back-to-the-future-2-have-been-if-it-was-more-historically-accurate/583912/23 "2011-06-02T15:04:29Z")
> [@Little\_Bird](#): > > Fashion: In the 80’s it looked like fashion in the future was just going to get crazier and crazier. Luckily we had the Grunge of the 90’s to bring us back into reality. Most kids just wear jeans and t-shirts now, not weird stuff. Marty would be wearing a short sleeve shirt over a long sleeve shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-future-in-back-to-the-future-2-have-been-if-it-was-more-historically-accurate/583912/24 "2011-06-02T22:27:02Z")
> [@FlightlessBird](#): > > Well no real ‘theme’ restaurants around now. There’s a Cafe50s around here(SoCal), but I don’t see it changing to Cafe 80s anytime soon. Most diners are the same they were back in 1985 (Denny’s, IHOP, etc) A lot of bars/clubs do have “Eighties Nights” though, I wonder what an authentic '80s transplant would think of that? > [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Doc Brown would have gone to a regular plastic surgeon instead of a Rejuvenation clinic. He would probably have gotten Botox. _That_ would probably seem pretty weird to an '80s teen. “You look really young, Doc…but oddly expressionless.” “Oh, I had a powerful neurotoxin injected into my face! Everyone’s doing it these days!” ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-future-in-back-to-the-future-2-have-been-if-it-was-more-historically-accurate/583912/25 "2011-06-02T23:14:35Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Marty would be wearing a short sleeve shirt over a long sleeve shirt. one of the thugs could wear one of those Under Armour synthetic material shirts. Not quite the cool quick drying clothing in the original movie, but it would still be “future-ish” material. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-future-in-back-to-the-future-2-have-been-if-it-was-more-historically-accurate/583912/26 "2011-06-03T05:54:09Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Marty gets canned via Skype and then gets a text message saying “You’re Fired!!” Actually, having a fax machine in the home is one thing they got right. Although I don’t think we’ll be needing one in our **closets** in the next 4 years! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-future-in-back-to-the-future-2-have-been-if-it-was-more-historically-accurate/583912.md?page=1)